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News Fund managers anticipate greater outsourcing to streamline costs, says report Feb 07, 2011 by Charles Gubert Many fund managers anticipate low returns on their equity products in 2011 – something they predict could lead to an increase in outsourcing, accordin... [more] JP Morgan to accept gold as collateral for sec lending and repo obligations Feb 07, 2011 by Charles Gubert JP Morgan has become the only tri-party collateral manager to accept physical gold as collateral to satisfy securities lending and repo obligations wi... [more] KPMG makes senior hedge funds hire Feb 07, 2011 by Charles Gubert Robert Mirsky has been appointed partner and head of hedge funds for Europe, Middle East and Africa at KPMG in London.		Features Prerequisites for emerging managers in the post-crisis world Feb 04, 2011 by Charles Gubert Emerging managers are enjoying something of a renaissance among some sophisticated investors. In the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, many apply for student loans... [more] Hedge Funds Care: Philanthropy in the alternative asset management space Feb 04, 2011 by Martin Leonard It would be something of an understatement to say hedge funds do not always receive the greatest press. Some articles in the mainstream media during t... [more] Facebook for Forex cuts the costs of FX bargains: An Integral part of business Jan 20, 2011 by Dominic Hobson Integral has a simple idea: to cut the cost of foreign exchange trading by using technology to widen the number of counterparties market participants ... [more]		Opinion Alpha Waves: Road Warriors in the Transparency Wars Jan 31, 2011 by Rich Marin In February 2008, I was hired as a strategic consultant by Eileen Murray, the ex-COO of Morgan Stanley, the then President of Duff Capital Advisors an... read more.. The unnoticed custody constraint in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Jan 20, 2011 by Dominic Hobson The reaction of the hedge fund industry to the final version of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has understandably focused ... read more.. The drivers of hedge fund returns: Identifying risk and alpha Jan 20, 2011 by Kevin Mirabile There is great commercial benefit in understanding the drivers of hedge fund returns. A large volume of academic literature has been published on the ... read more..

Press Releases Deutsche Bank and Traxis launch Ucits compliant global equity macro fund Feb 01, 2011 Deutsche Bank and Traxis Partners ("Traxis") are pleased to announce the launch of a UCITS compliant version of the Traxis Global Equity Macro fund. Laven Partners launches Redflag database for professional investors Jan 31, 2011 Laven Partners announced today the official launch of the Redflag Database, a unique research database for professional investors covering hedge funds... [more] Global hedge fund industry not 'un-regulated' - AIMA Jan 28, 2011 The global hedge fund industry is not ‘un-regulated’ or lightly-regulated. Hedge fund managers are already rigorously regulated in all the main jurisd... [more]		White Papers The Institutionalisation of Hedge Funds: The Investor Due Diligence Bar Rises Ever Higher Feb 04, 2011 by Phillip Chapple The institutionalisation of hedge funds has been driven by a number of factors over the past two years. The pain suffered by investors following the c... [more] Alternative Managed Accounts: Opportunities in Fund Administration Feb 04, 2011 by Advent Software and Maples Finance Institutional investors are steering more and more of their alternative investments from hedge funds to managed accounts, posing a new and potentiall... [more] The importance of independent valuation for OTC derivatives under UCITS Jan 24, 2011 by SunGard Asset managers investing in OTC derivatives within a UCITS fund structure must now source independent valuations in order to meet the demands of regul... [more]		Events Calendar

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